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Psalm 130 (Up from the Depths I Cry to God)

Author: Christopher Idle Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Up from the depths I cry to God Lyrics: 1 Up from the depths I cry to God: O listen, Lord, to me; O hear my voice in this distress, this mire of misery. [Refrain:] I wait for God with all my heart, my hope is in his word; and more than watchmen for the dawn I'm longing for you, God. 2 If you, my God, should measure guilt who then could ever stand? But those who fear your name will find forgiveness from your hand. [Refrain] 3 O Israel, set your hope on God whose mercy is supreme: the nation mourning for its sin God surely will redeem. [Refrain] Topics: Lent 5 Year A; Proper 5 Year B; Proper 8 Year B; Proper 19 Year C; Proper 22 Year C; Ash Wednesday Year ABC; Good Friday Year ABC Scripture: Psalm 130 Used With Tune: MACPHERSON'S RANT

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MACPHERSON'S RANT

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: David Iliff (b. 1939) Tune Sources: Scottish traditional melody Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 51232 12123 23212 Used With Text: Psalm 130

PETERSHAM

Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 39 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Clement William Poole, 1828-1924 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13516 54332 5665 Used With Text: I wait for God with all my heart

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Up from the depths I cry to you

Author: Christopher Idle, 1938- Hymnal: The Book of Praise #90 (1997) Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain First Line: Up from the depths I cry to God Refrain First Line: I wait for God will all my heart Lyrics: 1 Up from the depths I cry to God: oh listen, Lord, to me; oh hear my voice in this distress, this mire of misery. Refrain: I wait for God with all my heart; my hope is in his word; and more than watchmen for the dawn I'm longing for the Lord. 2 If you, my God, should measure guilt, who then could ever stand? But those who fear our name will find forgiveness from your hand. [Refrain] 3 O Israel, set your hope on God whose mercy is supreme: the nation mourning for its sin he surely will redeem. [Refrain] Topics: Forgiveness / Pardon; God Mercy of; Hope; Lament; Metrical Psalms Scripture: Psalm 130 Languages: English Tune Title: MACPHERSON'S FAREWELL

Psalm 130 (Up from the Depths I Cry to God)

Author: Christopher Idle Hymnal: Voices United #852 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D First Line: Up from the depths I cry to God Lyrics: 1 Up from the depths I cry to God: O listen, Lord, to me; O hear my voice in this distress, this mire of misery. [Refrain:] I wait for God with all my heart, my hope is in his word; and more than watchmen for the dawn I'm longing for you, God. 2 If you, my God, should measure guilt who then could ever stand? But those who fear your name will find forgiveness from your hand. [Refrain] 3 O Israel, set your hope on God whose mercy is supreme: the nation mourning for its sin God surely will redeem. [Refrain] Topics: Lent 5 Year A; Proper 5 Year B; Proper 8 Year B; Proper 19 Year C; Proper 22 Year C; Ash Wednesday Year ABC; Good Friday Year ABC Scripture: Psalm 130 Tune Title: MACPHERSON'S RANT

I wait for God with all my heart

Author: Christopher Martin Idle, b. 1938 Hymnal: The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #76 (2004) Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain First Line: Up from the depths I cry to God Topics: The Fall The Human Condition Languages: English Tune Title: PETERSHAM

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Christopher M. Idle

b. 1938 Person Name: Christopher Martin Idle, b. 1938 Author of "I wait for God with all my heart" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook Christopher Martin Idle (b. Bromley, Kent, England, 1938) was educated at Elthan College, St. Peter's College, Oxford, and Clifton Theological College in Bristol, and was ordained in the Church of England. He served churches in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria; London; and Oakley, Suffolk; and recently returned to London, where he is involved in various hymnal projects. A prolific author of articles on the Christian's public responsibilities, Idle has also published The Lion Book of Favorite Hymns (1980) and at least one hundred of his own hymns and biblical paraphrases. Some of his texts first appeared in hymnals published by the Jubilate Group, with which he is associated. He was also editor of Anglican Praise (1987). In 1998 Hope Publishing released Light Upon the River, a collection of 279 of his psalm and hymn texts, along with suggested tunes, scripture references, and commentary. Bert Polman